Emperors: Rome From Romulus To The Renaissance In The News


General

  Ella Creamer, "2,000-Year-Old Book About Roman Emperors Enters Bestseller Charts," Guardian, February 24, 2025.

  Sonja Anderson, "Archaeologists Discover 141 Ancient Gold Coins Depicting Nine Roman Emperors In Luxembourg," Smithsonian, January 29, 2025.

  Manel Garcia Sanchez, "Mary Beard's 'Emperor Of Rome' Explores The Exploits Of Its Pitiless Rulers," El Pais, October 28, 2023.

  Kathryn Hughes, "'Emperor Of Rome' By Mary Beard Review -- Imperial Exploits," Guardian, October 6, 2023.

Phil Edwards, "Why Ancient Rome Kept Choose Bizarre And Perverted Emperors," Vox, May 7, 2015.

  Ian Samson, "Great Dynasties Of The World: The Roman Emperors," Guardian, March 12, 2011.

  Tom Holland, "Rome: Emperors And Poets," Guardian, November 8, 2010.


Caligula

  Franz Lidz, "Caligula's Garden Of Delights, Unearthed And Restored," New York Times, January 12, 2021.

  Shushma Malik and Caillan Davenport, "Mythbusting Ancient Rome -- Caligula's Horse," Conversation, May 3, 2017.

  Mary Beard, "Viewpoint: Does Caligula Deserve His Bad Reputation?," BBC Newsmagazine, July 29, 2013.


Nero

  Kirk Freudenburg, "Roman Empire And The Fall Of Nero Offer Possible Lessons For Trump About The Cost Of Self-Isolation," The Conversation, July 31, 2025.

  Guillermo Altares, "Nero's Rome Was Not So Different From Today's World: Stratospheric Rents, Gentrification And Chaotic Traffic," El Pais, April 8, 2024.

  Teresa Nowakowski, "Have Archaeologists Finally Found Emperor Nero's Lost Theater?," Smithsonian Smart News, August 1, 2023.

Charlotte Higgins, "Was The Fiddler Framed?: How Nero May Have Been A Good Guy After All," Guardian, May 24, 2021.

  Esther Addley, "Was Nero Cruel?: British Museum Offers Hidden Depths To Roman Emperor," Guardian, April 22, 2021.

  Sylvia Poggioli, "Atop Ancient Ruins, A Rock Opera About Emperor Nero Leaves Some Romans Unimpressed," Morning Edition, NPR, June 16, 2017.

  Caillan Davenport and Shushma Malik, "Mythbusting Ancient Rome -- The Emperor Nero," Conversation, September 27, 2016.

"Ceiling Collapse At Nero's Golden Palace In Rome," BBC News, March 30, 2010.


Vespasian

  "'Roman Emperor's Villa' Unearthed," BBC News, August 7, 2009.


Trajan

  Jacinto Anton, "Trajan, The Roman Emperor Who Fought The Dacians And Parthians, Superpowers Like Today's Russia And China," El Pais, July 26, 2025.


Marcus Aurelius

Paul Rincon, "Huge Statue Of Roman Ruler Found," BBC News, August 25, 2008.


Caracalla

  Michael Hanghan, "Who Were Caracalla And Geta, The Cruel And Unhinged Roman Brother Emperors Depicted In Gladiator II?," The Conversation, November 21. 2024.


Gordian III

  Peter Edwell, "A Roman Emperor Grovelling To A Persian King: The Message Behind A New Statue In Tehran," The Conversation, November 9, 2025.


Decius

  "Roman Sewer Repair Reveals Statue Of Emperor Posing As Hercules," ABC News, February 3, 2023.


Constantine The Great

  Julia Binswanger, "Experts Recreate Looming 43-Foot-Tall Statue Of Constantine Using 3D Modeling," Smithsonian Smart News, February 14, 2024.

  Angela Giuffrida, "Giant Statue Of Roman Emperor Reunited With Long-Lost Finger," Guardian, April 29, 2021.

  "Roman Ruler's Head Found In Sewer," BBC News, July 29, 2005.


 

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